[c#] XML Reader / Writer

[litewarez]

****** i know that

                     /"\
                    |\./|
                    |   |
                    |   |
                    |>~<|
                    |   |
                 /'\|   |/'\..
             /~\|   |   |   | \
            |   =[@]=   |   |  \
            |   |   |   |   |   \
            | P   W   N   D |`   )
            |                   /
             \                 /
              \               /
               \    _____    /
                |--//''`\--|
                | (( +==)) | <=== Pwning Time xD
                |--\_|_//--|

[jayfella]

incase there are no "nodes" - it returns and empty string ("").

[Hyperz]

I'd just check that as soon as you declare list:

if (list.Count == 0) return String.Empty;

If the code runs after that you know there are nodes, thus no need for a try-catch. They are resource eaters .

[jayfella]

public string getSetting(string settingNode)
        {
            xmldoc.Load(xmlFile);
            XmlNodeList list = xmldoc.GetElementsByTagName("Settings");
           
            if (list.Count == 0) return String.Empty;

            return searchNode.SelectSingleNode(settingNode.Replace(" ", "_")).InnerText;

        } 

Like so Coderz Corner ftw. Who said it was a crap idea.